Chapter 888: Will Bruce Lee Still Have a Chance to Be Released in Mainland China?

Sang Lin is a man of action. The actors in the Mulan crew are not the delicate young actors. Even the youngest Zhu Yilong is an actor in the era of light and shadow, so he is very hardworking.

After getting to know each other, Wu Yuan hosted a dinner in the evening, and several actors left to prepare for closed training at the Huairou Film and Television Base in three days.

Sang Lin also took his team to the training shed rented by the crew to make some preparations before training, such as purchasing weapons.

Now it is different from the past. In the past, the weapons used in costume dramas like this had to be customized by the crew. When Zhang Yimou filmed Hero, all the weapons in the play were brand new.

Now, although some big-investment movies still have to find studios to customize props, large film and television bases like Huairou Film and Television Base have all kinds of standard weapons provided to the crew, including swords, guns, sticks, and clubs, even the unpopular maces, maces, and halberds.

If it is just training, there is no need to customize it at all, just rent a batch from the film and television base.

The various weapons to be used by the crew in the future filming are still being customized, and are the responsibility of the props team. Wu Yuan also invited a historical consultant to choose the right weapons with the background of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At the same time, the costume team also has a female consultant to help design costumes that are in line with the times.

These things can be completed before the official start of the filming, so as not to delay the crew's official filming.

Wu Yuan himself came to the company alone the next day after explaining the training arrangements.

Although the company did not have much business during the epidemic, and even had few employees, there were still some things that Wu Yuan needed to deal with.

For example, some piled-up documents need his final signature, and some important work needs his nod to move forward.

For example, today, Li Xiaoping called Wu Yuan to come because she wanted to talk to him about two things.

"Director Wu, can your Bruce Lee still be released in China?" As soon as they met, Li Xiaoping asked straight to the point, with some expectations in her eyes.

Although Bruce Lee is a Hollywood movie, it won the Oscar for Best Director after all, and it tells the story of Bruce Lee, who is well-known in China. Logically, it should still have a good market in China.

But who told the movie to catch up with the domestic epidemic when it was released, so the movie was not released in China at that time, but only released overseas.

If it is a pity, Li Xiaoping must feel it is a pity.

"Released in China?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows and said without any interest: "Now if you search online, you will definitely find a lot of resources for "Bruce Lee", and there are even Blu-ray versions."

"In this case, how could anyone go to the cinema to watch it if it is released in China?"

It's not that Wu Yuan has an opinion on the audience's "authentic consciousness". In fact, the younger generation now still cares a lot about copyright protection, which is different from the older generation in the past.

But some things are missed.

When "Bruce Lee" was scheduled for global release, it was not scheduled for domestic release. At that time, the domestic audience was in home quarantine, so they naturally went online to find resources for "Bruce Lee".

Anyway, it is not released in China, so there is no chance to watch it if you want to. It's just like everyone loves to go online to find pirated Japanese comic resources. It's not that everyone doesn't support authentic products, but there are no channels in China to watch it.

And now most of the audiences who are interested in "Bruce Lee" have already watched this movie on the Internet. If they think about it being released in theaters, it really won't get much box office.

There won't be too many people who would really go to the cinema to buy a ticket for such a small matter.

To be honest, even Wu Yuan, an industry insider, can't go to such trouble.

"Don't think about it." He said speechlessly: "We didn't invest in Bruce Lee, why do you care so much? Even if it is released in China, Guangying Times won't make any money."

"It can expand your influence." Li Xiaoping muttered softly.

Guangying Times is still relying on Wu Yuan's influence in the circle. It can be said that Wu Yuan is the biggest spokesperson of this company. This is why he doesn't usually manage the company's daily affairs, but he is still not sidelined. The company can't do without him.

"Everyone who should watch this movie has seen it. Even if it is released in China, it can't expand its influence." Wu Yuan shook his head, looking indifferent.

Seeing this, Li Xiaoping had to end the topic and talked to Wu Yuan about another thing.

"There is one more thing." She took out a document from the cabinet and handed it to Wu Yuan. "The crew of "Life Events" is already preparing, and it should start filming at the end of this year or early next year."

"But there is a small problem. Director Liu Jiangjiang has taken a fancy to Zhu Yilong and wants him to play the leading actor."

"But Zhu Yilong is going to shoot your movie next. You definitely don't want him to overlap with other roles, so you may have to coordinate the schedule, or ask Director Liu Jiangjiang to change someone else?"

After hearing this, Wu Yuan did not reply immediately, but pondered.

"Life Events" is the last movie with a box office of over 1 billion that he has seen in his dream life. He woke up in September 2022 at the opening ceremony of his first independent directorship.

At that time, "Life Events" had been released. It was the fourth movie in 2022 to break 1 billion yuan in box office, and it was also one of the few high-quality movies in 2022, locking in the Golden Rooster Award.

He was still very impressed by Zhu Yilong's performance in the movie.

After all, in this era, it is really not easy to have such a young actor with good acting skills and who doesn't care about his image.

Oh, strictly speaking, Zhu Yilong can't be regarded as an actor of this era.

After all, although he became popular late and became popular in 2018 with the BL drama, he actually debuted very early, in 2009. He was born in 1988 and was regarded as the last batch of real actors who really regarded acting as a job rather than a means of making money.

Wu Yuan still has a good impression of this actor, and he doesn't want him to miss "Life Events", a very important movie for him.

After thinking for a while, Wu Yuan said, "Let's try to postpone the filming of "Life Events"."

"Zhu Yilong has a heavy role in "Mulan". He is considered the leading actor. It is estimated that it will take until February next year."

"Life Events can be scheduled to start filming in April or May."

Wu Yuan remembered that this movie was originally scheduled to start filming in May 2021. Why is it scheduled to start filming much earlier now? Is it because the efficiency of Light and Shadow Era is higher? (End of this chapter)